Moudle 4 A social survey –my neighbourhood
I ．Word study 1. bother （ v. & n. ）
1) Don't _____ me while I am taking my nap.
2) We had a lot of _____ finding our way to his house. 2. approach (v. & n. )
1) As people ___ old age, their energies may diminish
减少 ,变少 .
2)The next man to ______ me was selling expensive pens and watches.
3)The best ______to learn a foreign language is the study of the spoken language. 3. starve, starvation , starving
1) There is a heartbreaking news report about _____children. 2) She's ______ herself trying to lose weight.
3) The explorers ________ to death in the desert years ago.
4) After three days without food, the men were close to___ .
4.employ， employment , unemployment ， unemployed, employer（雇主） , employee (雇员 )
1) We ______ her as an English interpreter.
2)There are now over four million ______ workers in this country. 3)The steelworks provided ____for thousands of people.
4)No one wants _____ somebody who bad-mouths( 说坏话 ) their former( 前任的 )_____ . 5. exchange （ v. & n. ）
1） We_____ our opinions about the event at the meeting yesterday.. 2） I'd like _____ some pounds for dollars. 3） An _____ of opinions is helpful.
4） Cultural _____ is a way of building bridge between nations.
5） We hope from now on there will be more _____ between our two peoples. 6. fascinate, fascinating I find taiji very______ . I like work and it _____ me.
The boy has become _____ with making model aeroplanes. 7. afford
1) He said he couldn
’ t ew car.n
2) He can ’ t ______ a holiday this summer. 8. survive, survival(n.), survivor
1) She was the only one to _____ the crash. 2) They are still fighting for _____.
There was only one _____ of the plane crash.
9. contact (v. & n.)
1) ______ the police at once!
2) I finally made _____ with her in Paris.
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3) I tried _____ you by phone several times, but nobody answered my call.
10. fortunate, fortunately
1） The year has been an especially _____ one for me. 2） I was late, but ____ the meeting hadn't started. II.
Key Phrases
1. put up 搭建；修建；张贴；举起 2. high-rise buildings 高层建筑
3. a five-storey apartment block 一栋五层的公寓楼
4. so far , till now, up to now 到目前为止 5. starve to death 饿死
6. can (can ’ t) afford to do sth能负担得起做某事（负担不起 ⋯ ） 7. feel fortunate (in) doing sth. 因⋯⋯ 感到幸运 III. Key sentences
1. It ’ s been six years since we last saw each other. 2. This is the first time I
’ ve visited your hometown.
’ ve visited some beautiful cities, but this is one of the most
3. I ’ ve seen quite a lot of China and I
attractive places I ’ ve been to.
4. They ’ ve put up a lot of high-rise buildings recently.
5. It ’ s a gorgeous island with some really interesting architecture. 6. Xiao Li lives in the northwest of Xiamen
7. Sixteen-year-old Zhang Hua lives in the south of China, in the city of Guangzhou. 8. He lives with his parents in a suburb in the northeast of the city.
9. They have a small apartment on the third floor of a five-storey apartment block.
IV ． Grammar
Present perfect tense 现在完成时
1） It's been six years since we last saw each other, you know. 2） And this is the first time I've visited your hometown.
3) You know, I've seen quite a lot of China and I've visited some beautiful cities, but this is one
of the most attractive places(that) I've been to.
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